Helluva Halloween

(the Nightmare kids with Zero and Oogie Boogie)

Until I finished my lobby display, I would not allow myself to blog. And I finally got that up about an hour ago.

This weekend was chock-full-o-Halloween. And it was awesome. Athens hosts one of the largest parties in the Midwest, so all the streets were blocked, the horses tried not to look startled at the odd costumes, and the drinking started extra early.

Kallisti came down from Chicago to witness/participate in the madness. He went as Jack the Ripper, which was especially apt as we cut through alleys to avoid the corseted tarts on Court Street. I was the Cracked Tooth Fairy, which was mostly just an excuse to wear pink fuzzy bat wings, a pink wig and too much makeup. The designers collectively went as Nightmare Before Christmas, which was most impressive. Oogie Boogie was made out of a costume from the most recent show. Sally wore 8 skeins of yarn, and we had Santa in the bag. Extra special: accosting guys dressed as Santa on Court Street.

(Sally and Jack or "Goth Prom")

Saw alot of Sailors (take a drink), bumblebees (312s), the Teletubbies, Beer Pong, and Halo. Missed "I'm a Banana, just not yet" and Paris Hilton in Jail, but pretty nice array of costumes.

To no one's surprised, the collected theatre people ended up at Blue Gator. Once collected, we moved forward to the next house party, which involved some excellent homebrew, which almost made up for the long walk in the cold. Got home somewhere around 4.30AM.

(he chivalrously gave up his sweatshirt and got the wings in exchange)

Yesterday I was in full recovery. Kallisti and I finished off the pizza while lounging on the couch watching the Bears lose. I felt bad that he didn't see more of Athens, since it was cold and rainy almost all weekend, but there are always other weekends.